---MELON Banana (Cucumis melo) Long tapering unusual banana shaped melon, 16-24 x 4 in. dia., 5-8 lbs., smooth yellow skin, salmon pink flesh, sweet spicy flavor, good late maturing variety. PKT. (35 seeds) $2
---MELON Sierra Gold (Cucumis melo) Traditional muskmelon, well netted, indistinct ribs, 6-6.5 in. diameter, 2.5-3.5 lbs., salmon colored flesh, small cavity, heavy foliage, excellent flavor. PKT. (35 seeds) $2


Aconcagua Sweet...Diamond...Jaloro..........Marconi Gold....Sunbright

---PEPPER Aconcagua Sweet (Capsicum annuum) Long frying pepper, cubanelle-shaped but much larger, tapered 7-11 x 2.25-2.5 in., light-green ripening to red, very sweet, plants 2-3 feet tall, whose abundant foliage gives fruits protection from sunburn, continuous fruiting, used fresh or roasted and peeled. PKT. (35 seeds) $2.50
---PEPPER Diamond White Sweet (C. annuum) Medium thick fleshed, round to bell-shaped, translucent white ripening to pale yellow to scarlet red, probably originally of Hungarian origin, unusual and rare. PKT. (35 seeds) $5
---PEPPER Jaloro Hot (C. annuum) Compact plant, high yields, fruit shaped like a jalapeno, but fruit starts out yellow and turns red as it ripens, good for pickling. PKT. (35 seeds) $2.50
---PEPPER Marconi Gold Sweet (C. annuum) Sweet Italian pepper, medium thick sweet flesh, thin skin, 8-9 inches long, two lobes, ripens from green to yellow. PKT. (35 seeds) $2.50
---PEPPER Marconi Red Sweet (C. annuum) Elongated fruit up to 12 inches long x 3 inches across, ripens to red, early and sweet. One of the largest of the sweet peppers. PKT. (35 seeds) $2
---PEPPER Orange Sun Sweet Bell (C. annuum) Popular orange sweet bell pepper. PKT. (35 seeds) $5
---PEPPER Sunbright Sweet (C. annuum) Nice cherry-shaped fruit a favorite for pickling 2 inches by 2 inches, similar to the Italian Topepo. PKT. (35 seeds) $3.50

---PUMPKIN Dill's Atlantic Giant (Cucurbita maxima) World's largest pumpkin, weighing up to 1,200 pounds, and consistently wins at the Half Moon Bay Pumpkin contest every year. PKT. (20 seeds) $5
---PUMPKIN Spookie (Cucurbita pepo) An improvement on the old sugar pie pumpkin, more uniform, 6 inches tall and 6 inch diameter, 5-10 pounds, excellent quality, fine-textured sweet flesh, great for pies. PKT. (35 seeds) $2
---SQUASH Kumi Kumi (Cucurbita pepo) Favorite squash of NZ, a Maori variety round to long with distinctive ribs, eaten like zuccini when young, and baked like winter squash when mature. Big vines. PKT. (25 seeds) $5
---WATERMELON Florida Giant (Citrullus lanatus) Old fashioned quality, nearly round, so it is also called the "Cannonball" weighing 30-60 pounds, with firm, sweet bright red flesh. PKT. (40 seeds) $2
---WATERMELON Georgia Rattlesnake (Citrullus lanatus) Old Southern favorite prized for its size, productiveness, and eating quality, 22 inches long and 10 in. across, 25-30 lbs., thin rind, skin light green with dark green rattlesnake-like stripes, firm sweet bright rose flesh. PKT. (40 seeds) $2
---WATERMELON Tendersweet Orange (Citrullus lanatus) Fruit 35-40 pound with sweet, deep-orange flesh, a rare color for watermelons, only offered at about a dozen seedhouses in the United States. PKT. (40 seeds) $2.50

ORDER BLANK for the SPRING 2006 SUPPLEMENT peppers listed above

Other Rare Peppers:

Acaloramiento......Altamira.......Baboso.........Blanquito

---ACALORAMIENTO (Passion pepper) (C. annuum) One of the world's hottest peppers, plants 1.5 ft. tall and 2 ft. across, fruits red, 1" long and 1/3" across. (HS: 25,000 f) PKT. (35 seeds) $10
---ALTAMIRA (High view) (C. annuum) Plants 2 ft. tall and 4 ft. across from Mexico, dense vegetation, loaded with extra hot peppers, 1" long and 1/3" across, separates from calyx when ripe. (HS: 10,000 f) PKT. (35 seeds) $5
---ARKA LOHIT (Capsicum frutescens) Variety released by the Horticultural Institute located on bank of Arka river in India. PKT. (100 seeds) $2
---BABOSO (Drooling pepper) (C. annuum) Costa Rican, plants 1 ft. tall, 2 ft. wide, fruit red, in clusters, 1/2" long and 1/3" wide, 50% hotter than the orange Habanero. (HS:7,500 f) PKT. (35 seeds) $2.50
---BLANQUITO (Little white one) (C. annuum) One of the world's hottest pepper from Mexico, plants compact 8" tall and 12" across, white fruit at tips of branches 1/2" long and 1/3" across. (HS: 13,300 f) PKT. (35 seeds) $5

Chamusquina.....Chiangmai.....Chispazo.....Ecuador Long..Empaña orange

---CHAMUSQUINA (Scorching pepper) (C. annuum) One of the world's hottest peppers, plants upright, 3-4 ft. tall, 2 ft. across, upright red fruit, 1.5" long and 1/3" across. (HS: 15,000 f) PKT. (35 seeds) $10
---CHIANGMAI PURPLE (C. annuum) Plants ornamental, leaves green turning deep black-purple. Fruit upright, ranges from round to pointed, 1/2" long, 1/2" across, purple to red when ripe. (HS: 5,700 f) PKT. (35 seeds) $5
---CHISPAZO (Spark) (C. annuum) One of the world's hottest peppers from Costa Rica, plants 2 ft. tall and 2 ft. across, fruit upright, red, 1" long and 0.3" across, ripens over a long period. (HS: 10,000 f) PKT. (35 seeds) $5
---ECUADOR LONG (C. annuum) Plants 1 ft. tall, spreading to 2 ft. across, upright red fruit 1.5" long and 0.5" across. (HS: 2,500 f) PKT. (50 seeds) $2.50
---EMPAÑA ORANGE (to steam up) (C. annuum) Plants 1 ft. tall and 2 ft. across from Mexico, with hanging pumpkin-orange fruit in clusters, 1" long and 1" wide, ornamental. (HS: 1,430 f) PKT. (35 seeds) $3.50

Esmeralda............Finca..........Llano.....Malaysian Bird

---ESMERALDA (Emerald) (C. annuum) Plants 3 ft. tall and 2 ft. across from Mexico, fruit red 1" long and 0.3" across, hotter than the typical orange Habanero (HS: 6,667 f) PKT. (35 seeds) $5
---FAIZABADI (C. frutescens) East Indian pepper. PKT. (100 seeds) $2
---FINCA (Estate pepper) (C. annuum) Ornamental 2 ft. tall and 3 ft. across, fruit upright at ends of branches, ripens over a long season, scarlet to orange-red, 0.8" long and 0.3" across. (HS: 6,667 f) PKT. (35 seeds) $5


---LLANO (Crying,weeping) (C. annuum) Plant 1 ft. tall and 2 ft. across originally from Mexico, hanging red fruit 1" long and 1/2" across, originally from Mexico. (HS; 3,333 f) PKT. (50 seeds) $2.50
---MALAYSIAN BIRD (C. annuum) Plants one ft. tall and 2-3 ft. across, fruit upright, ornamental, red 1-2" long and 1/2" across, variable. (HS: 1,428 f) PKT. (50 seeds) $2.50

Olorosa.............Punzada.......Quemazon.....Ramillete

---OLOROSA (Fragrant) (C. annuum) One of the world's hottest peppers originally from Mexico, plants 2 ft. tall and 1 ft. across, fruit upright, red prolific, 1" long and 0.3" across. (HS: 10,000 f) PKT. (35 seeds) $5
---PUNZADA (Sharp pain) (C. annuum) Plants one ft. tall and 1.5 ft. across originally from Mexico, loaded with orange-red fruit 0.8" long and 0.3" across. (HS: 1,000 d). PKT. (35 seeds) $2.50
---QUEMAZÓN (Intense heat) (C. annuum) One of the world's hottest peppers from Mexico, plants 1 ft. tall and 2-3 ft. across, fruit ripens purple>yellow>orange-red, 1" long and 1/2" wide. (HS: 13,300 d) PKT. (35 seeds) $5
---RAJASTHANI (C. frutescens) East Indian variety. PKT. (100 seeds) $2
---RAMILLETE (Bouquet) (C. annuum) Ornamental plant 2 ft. tall,1 ft. wide from Spain, 10-20 pods clustered at ends of branches, and large purple flowers. Fruit 1-1.5" long and 0.2" across. (HS: 4,000 f) PKT. (35 seeds) $10

Rocotillo......Sinvergüenza.....Traca

---ROCOTILLO (C. chinense) Plants 2 ft. tall and 2-3 ft. across from Mexico, upright, spreading. Fruit red, hanging, 1" long and 1" across. Related to the Habaneros and Scotch Bonnets. (HS: 4,000 f) PKT. (35 seeds) $5.00
---SINVERGÜENZA (Cheeky Devil ) (C. annuum) Plants 1.5 ft. tall and 2 ft. across, fruit red, upright 1" long and 1/2" across. (HS: 1,667 d) PKT. (50 seeds) $2.50
---TRACA (String of Firecrackers) (C. annuum) One of the world's hottest peppers, plants 2 ft. tall and 3 ft. across from Mexico, with red fruit, hanging, 1" long and 1/2" across, prolific. (HS: 13,300 f) PKT. (50 s) $5.00


Ethiopian Cluster...................Eve's Apple™ Sweet

---ETHIOPIAN CLUSTER (C. annuum) Plants multi-stemmed from base, 1 ft. tall and one foot across, fruit red in clusters of up to six, 1" long and 1/3" across, ornamental. (HS: 1,430 f) PKT. (35 seeds) $3.50
---EVE"S APPLE™ SWEET (C. annuum) Beautiful red sweet pepper, apple-shaped 2" long and 2" across, very sweet, rich flavor, nice when stir-fried. PKT. (50 seeds) $2.50

ORDER BLANK FOR the OTHER RARE PEPPERS listed above

Updated February 12, 2006